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ombudsman

(Encyclopedia) ombudsmanombudsmanämˈbədzmən [key] [Swed.,=agent or representative], public official appointed to deal with individual complaints against government acts. The office originated in…

Bettendorf

(Encyclopedia) Bettendorf Bettendorf bĕtˈəndocirc;rfˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 39,102), Scott co., E Iowa, on the…

Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow, 1842–1911, American chemist, educator, and organizer of the home economics movement, b. Dunstable, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1870. In 1870 she began the…

Hoquiam

(Encyclopedia) Hoquiam Hoquiam hōˈkwēəm [key], city (2020 pop. 8,776), Grays Harbor co., W Wash., on Grays Harbor…

Scottsdale

(Encyclopedia) Scottsdale, city (1990 pop. 130,069), Maricopa co., central Ariz.; settled in 1895 by Winfield Scott, inc. 1951. It is a resort and retirement center in the Phoenix metropolitan area.…

Hanover, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hanover. 1 Town (2020 pop. 14,833), Plymnouth co., SE Mass.; settled 1649, inc. 1727. An iron forge was located there that produced…

Essaouira

(Encyclopedia) EssaouiraEssaouiraĕsəwērˈə [key], city, W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Essaouira's pleasant climate and picturesque location, buildings, and ruins have made it a tourist resort.…

purine

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Purines found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) purine, type of organic base found in the nucleotides and nucleic acids of plant and animal tissue. The German chemist Emil Fischer…

criticism

(Encyclopedia) criticism, the interpretation and evaluation of literature and the arts. It exists in a variety of literary forms: dialogues (Plato, John Dryden), verse (Horace, Alexander Pope),…

Kirkuk

(Encyclopedia) KirkukKirkukkĭrk&oomacr;kˈ [key], city (1987 pop. 418,624), NE Iraq. It is a center of Iraq's oil industry and is connected by pipelines to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Kirkuk…